Dolly Parton, part of Trio, 1946 (same year as Linda Rondstadt, if I recall correctly)

Dolly Parton, a while ago – Image via Wikipedia

Seems odd to me to think of Dolly Parton as younger than Janis Joplin, or the same age as Linda Ronstadt. But Parton was a star by the age of 14.

Irritates me still that Baltimore hasn’t figured out a good way to fund the Edgar Allan Poe House there (National Park Service maintains Poe’s Philadelphia home). Enough funding came in to keep the Baltimore house open on weekends, in 2014. In a city with an NFL team named after his most famous poem, could they just pass a hat at a couple of games, asking each fan to throw in $1.00? Or pass the hat in the Ravens locker room?

Pick your cause for celebration — interesting list of birthday people for January 19:

James Watt, improver or inventor of the steam engine, depending on your text, 1736

James Watt, back then – Image via Wikipedia

Robert E. Lee, in 1807

Edgar Allan Poe, born 1809 (just a few days before Lincoln and Darwin, both born that year on February 12)

Robert McNeil, the journalist, 1931

Janis Joplin, 1943

Janis Joplin, member of the “Dead at 27 Club” – Image via Wikipedia

Dolly Parton, 1946 (same year as Linda Rondstadt, if I recall correctly)

Dolly Parton, a while ago – Image via Wikipedia

Seems odd to me to think of Dolly Parton younger than Janis Joplin, or the same age as Linda Ronstadt. But Parton was a star by the age of 14.

Irritates me still that Baltimore hasn’t figured out a good way to fund the Edgar Allan Poe House, which needs about $80,000 to avoid bankruptcy (again, if I recall correctly), in a city with an NFL team named after his most famous poem. Could they just pass a hat at a couple of games, asking each fan to throw in $1.00? Or pass the hat in the Ravens locker room?

Dead Link?

We've been soaking in the Bathtub for several months, long enough that some of the links we've used have gone to the Great Internet in the Sky.
If you find a dead link, please leave a comment to that post, and tell us what link has expired.
Thanks!